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After reading this chapter, you should be able to

  • state Descartes' dream argument and his evil genius argument.
  • evaluate the claim that knowledge requires certainty.
  • state the different theories of perception.
  • evaluate the different theories of perception.
  • state the various theories of knowledge.
  • evaluate the arguments for each theory of knowledge.
  • define knowledge by acquaintance, philosophical skepticism, performative knowledge, propositional knowledge, rationalism, empiricism, a priori proposition, a posteriori proposition, analytic proposition, synthetic proposition, correspondence theory of truth, coherence theory of truth, pragmatic theory of truth, sense data, primary qualities, and secondary qualities.







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